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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LittleGreyCat" data-source="post: 1116779" data-attributes="member: 6467">Was this DUK, or a local DUK support group?The Support Groups are part of the volunteer structure but tend to run themselves on a month to month basis.They will have DUK clothing and banners and table cloths but quite likely there is nobody employed by DUK there.At public meetings my local support group provides free refreshments which are sugar and carbohydrate heavy.I have mentioned this, but the response I have been given is more or less "People don't have to eat them if they don't want."This kind of blinkered attitude makes me despair at times, but it does seem to reflect the inbuilt prejudices of many older T2s who can't seem to link diet with improving BG control (or at least, don't want to).Partnering with Tesco is a good thing on the fund raising front; however DUK policy seems to be trailing behind current medical knowledge. All very difficult when there is no obvious alternative charity to promote the needs of diabetics.Most of the staff at DUK are (as far as I can tell) not diabetic - they are just professional (charity) workers who happen to work for DUK this year. This means that they don't necessarily really feel the day to day concerns that diabetics live with and rely mainly on received wisdom from the NHS and NICE. With which we may not always agree.</blockquote>

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